Enguerrand I of Ponthieu
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Enguerrand I was the son of Hugh I
count of Ponthieu
.
He was apparently married twice. By his first wife Adelaide
, daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland
he had his heir, count Hugh II
, and possibly a son named Robert (although Robert might have been a younger half-brother of Hugh II's). His other sons, Guy, Bishop of Amiens
and Fulk (later abbot of Forest l'Abbaye), were evidently sons by the second wife. She has been identified as the wife of a count Arnold II of Boulogne
who died in battle against Enguerrand I. He was in his forties when he took the widow of his erstwhile enemy to wife.
Enguerrand died around 1045 "at a great age."
Hugh I of Ponthieu
Hugh I of Ponthieu , son of Hildouin III de Ponthieu and Hersende la Pieuse de Ramerupt, countesse of Arcis. He was also known as Hugo Miles....
count of Ponthieu
Ponthieu
Ponthieu was one of six feudal counties that eventually merged together to become part of the Province of Picardy, in northern France. Its chief town is Abbeville.- History :...
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He was apparently married twice. By his first wife Adelaide
Adelina of Holland
Aleina Adelina of Holland was a daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland and Lutgardis of Luxemburg. She first married to Baldwin II, Count of Boulogne and then to Enguerrand I of Ponthieu....
, daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland
Arnulf, Count of Holland
Arnulf, also known as Aernout or Arnold succeeded his father in 988 as Count in Frisia. He was born in 951 in Ghent and because of this he is also known as Arnulf of Ghent. Arnulf was the son of Dirk II, Count of Holland and Hildegard, thought to be a daughter of Arnulf of Flanders.-Career:Arnulf...
he had his heir, count Hugh II
Hugh II of Ponthieu
Hugh II of Ponthieu was count of Ponthieu and lord of Abbeville, the son of Enguerrand I of Ponthieu. Evidently Hugh II was the half brother of Guy, who became the bishop of Amiens; Fulk, who became the abbot of Forest l'Abbaye; and Robert...
, and possibly a son named Robert (although Robert might have been a younger half-brother of Hugh II's). His other sons, Guy, Bishop of Amiens
Guy Bishop of Amiens
Guy, Bishop of Amiens was an eleventh century churchman, in what is now the north-east of France.Although the genealogy of early Ponthieu and Boulogne is scanty , it is most likely that Guy, the Bishop of Amiens, was the uncle Guy, Bishop of Amiens (d.1075) was an eleventh century churchman, in...
and Fulk (later abbot of Forest l'Abbaye), were evidently sons by the second wife. She has been identified as the wife of a count Arnold II of Boulogne
Arnold II of Boulogne
Arnold II is a Count of Boulogne identified by Morton and Muntz as the one slain in battle by Count Enguerrand I of Ponthieu. Frank Barlow prefers to retain the traditional identification of the slain count as Baldwin I of Boulogne...
who died in battle against Enguerrand I. He was in his forties when he took the widow of his erstwhile enemy to wife.
Enguerrand died around 1045 "at a great age."
Source
- The Carmen de Hastingae ProelioThe Carmen de Hastingae ProelioThe Carmen de Hastingae Proelio is an early written source for the Norman invasion of England from September to December 1066, in Latin; attributed to Bishop Guy of Amiens, uncle to Count Guy of Ponthieu, who figures rather prominently in the Bayeux Tapestry as the vassal of Duke William of...
of Bishop Guy of AmiensGuy Bishop of AmiensGuy, Bishop of Amiens was an eleventh century churchman, in what is now the north-east of France.Although the genealogy of early Ponthieu and Boulogne is scanty , it is most likely that Guy, the Bishop of Amiens, was the uncle Guy, Bishop of Amiens (d.1075) was an eleventh century churchman, in...
, edited by Catherine Morton and Hope Muntz, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1972.